88 Energy makes Second Light Oil Discovery from Project Phoenix’s Hickory-1 well in Alaska
The average fluid flow rate over the duration of the flow back period was approximately 445 bpd, with choke sizes ranging from 8/64ths to 33/64ths.
88 Energy Limited has made a second light oil discovery from its Hickory-1 well in Project Phoenix in Alaska’s North Slope.
SMD-B flow test results. A 20 ft perforated interval in the SMD-B reservoir was stimulated via a single fracture stage comprising 226,967 lbs of proppant volume. The well was cleaned-up and flowed for 84 hours in total, utilizing nitrogen lift throughout the entire test period. The average fluid flow rate over the duration of the flow back period was approximately 445 bpd, with choke sizes ranging from 8/64ths to 33/64ths.
The SMD-B test produced at a peak estimated flow rate of roughly 50 bopd. Oil cuts varied throughout the flow back period, reaching a maximum of 10% oil cut. The well produced at an average oil cut of 4% following initial oil to surface, with instantaneous rates observed during the 16hour period varying as the well cleaned up. Some 70% of stimulation fluid had been recovered at the conclusion of the test at which time water salinity measurements indicated that stimulation fluid was still being recovered and the well was still cleaning up. Oil cut would be expected to improve once stimulation fluid was fully recovered.
Multiple oil samples were recovered, with measured oil gravities of between 38.5 to 39.5 API, representing a light crude oil.
Importantly, the SMD-B zone flowed oil to surface with little to no measurable gas, representing a low GoR production rate. Pressurized oil samples collected during both the USFS and SMD tests will be transported to laboratories for further analysis.
The SMD-B flow test was concluded with sufficient information for the next steps, and the data recorded will assist 88E in optimization and design processes in the next phase of advancement of Project Phoenix.
Hickory-1 flow test unlocks broader Project Phoenix potential. Two separate successful flow tests were conducted at Hickory-1, over the SMD-B and Upper SFS reservoirs.
A 20 ft interval was perforated in the Upper SFS reservoir which was then stimulated via a single fracture stage of 241,611 lbs proppant volume. The zone flowed at a peak flow rate of over 70 bopd.
Oil cuts increased throughout the flow back period as the well cleaned up, reaching a maximum of 15% oil cut. Once oil cut was established during the natural flow back period the well produced at an average oil flow rate of approximately 42 bopd during the natural flow back period.
The USFS zone flowed oil to surface under natural flow, with flow back from other reservoirs in adjacent offset wells only producing under nitrogen lift. Multiple oil samples were recovered with measured oil gravities of between 39.9 to 41.4 API (a light crude oil).
Additionally, some NGLs were produced during the USFS test, as was anticipated in the planning phase. The presence of NGLs was demonstrated by samples from the flare line and by visible black smoke in the flare.
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